Coin-controlled collar-vending machine.



1.1. PIERRE. l COIN CONTROLLED COLLAR VENDING MACHINE.`

APPL|CAT|0N FILED FEB. 5| |9|6 Patented July 11, 1916.v

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COIN CONTROLLED COLLAR VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION mio FEB. 5. 1916.

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CONCOTROLLED COLLAR-VENDING MACHINE.;

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

"Application mea February 5, 1916. serial No. 76,384.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JOHN JOSEPH PIERRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freeport, Long Island, in the! county of Nassau and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and Vuseful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Collar-Vending Machines; and'I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relatesv to a novel apparatus for vending articles of manufacture, preferably collars, and it has for its object to provide a device of pleasing appearance which may be placed in hotels, railroad stations, Pullman cars, barber shops and other convenient places. Y p

Another object of the invention is to provide a coin-controlled Avending machine which may be stocked with collars of various sizes and which will, after theproper coin or coins have been placed therein and the lever manipulated, discharge and present to the purshaser a single collar or article, or a plurality of collars simultaneously.

The invention comprises various details of construction, combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined lin the appended claims. i

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention, a part of the outer casing being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the coin chute and coin operating mechanism. Fig. 5 'is a section taken on line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section'on line 6-6 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the discharging lever.

Reference now being had to the details of .the drawings by letter, A represents the housing which may be of sheet metal and comprises front and rear walls, spaced apart by suitable end pieces, and is provided at its top with a hingedlid A which is provided with a lock A2. Between the front v and rear walls,

- prospective customer to select from, being one or more styles of the various sizes,

B", cover plates B3 ofthe sleeve D3 a short distance from the top, is a horizontal partition lA3 which forms the bottom of a compartment A4t in which collars may be placed on display for the there the same being plainly visible through vthe glass plate A5, secured in the front wall of the housing. From the horizontal partition A8 down to a proper point thehousing is divided into a series of vertical passageways B by vertical strips. B of suitable length, said strips being spaced apart the proper distance to permit of free passage ofthe packages or collars C as shown. A door D, provided with a lock and hinges, is located at the upper terminus of said vertical chambers B affording means whereby access may be had to thecompartments B for the purpose of refilling any or all of the compartments as the occasion may require. rl`he device may have any number of vertical com-y partments, there being but twelve shown in the present illustration and in such compartment there are shown siX packages or collars C, vneatly inclosed in a protecting wrapper to prevent soiling.

The front wall of the housing is provided with the proper number of coin receiving slots A6 which are in alinement with coin chutes B2 formed in the vertical partition forming one wall of the chutes, being secured to the partitions in a suitable manner. Said cover plates B3 eX- tend through the rear wall, as shown in Fig. 4, and are so constructed as to form a continuation of the vchute to guide the coin to itsoperative position. To the rear wall of the housing is secured a second casing D which provides a covering for the coin operating mechanism, which consists of a shaft mounted in bearings in each end of said .casing D and properly positioned loosely on the.` shaft D is a series of discharging levers, designated by letter D2.- `Each vlever D2 comprises a horizontal sleeve D3 and projecting from the upper surface yof which is an arm D4, bifurcated at its upper end, and pivoted thereto is a package Aretaining linger or bar D5 which isadapted to be projected through an opening into the corresponding v compartment B at a point between the two lowermost collars therein. y

Extending downward from the under side is a pair of bifurcated arms D to which are connected two collar supf porting fingers D7 upon which the lower'- most collar C is adapted to rest. Near one end 0f the sleeve D3 and projecting at an .angle therefrom is a coin-arresting arm DS which is positioned' directly in the p-ath of travel of the coin.

A manually-operated shaft E is located under the shaft D and has bearings in the casing D, and one end of said shaft eX-' tends outside the casing and has .attached thereto a handle E within easy reach of the customers. The shaft E carries a series of coin-supporting arms E2, one for each of the coin chute extensions, the bottoms of which are cut away as at E3 to receive the upper concaved end of one of the .arms upon which the coin will come to rest after having been deposited in the slot A6 by the customer.

Mounted on the finger D5 and interposed between the'rear wall of the housing and a shoulder DJ is a. coiled spring D10 which normally holds said separating finger D5 in its farthest outward position and at the same time pushes the supporting fingers D7 inward or until the shoulders D11 thereonV abut against the rear wall of said housing.

`When a purchase is to be made, it is only necessary for the purchaser to select the style by observing the display at the top of the cabinet, and then the size, which is indicated near the slots, as shown in Fig. 1. Having done so, a coin of the proper denomination is placed within the chute and, by a slight raising of the handle, the selected collar will appeal' in the delivery pan. This is accomplished by the coin rolling by gavity to the end of the chute where it is stopped by the arm Ds and rests upon the arm E2. In this position, the coin acts as a medium for transmitting power from the shaft D to the discharging lever D2 which on being rocked in the directions as indicated by arrow (Fig. li) will thrust the separating arm between the two lower collars in the compartment and at the same time withdraw the supporting fingers D7 from under the lower 'collar and permit the same to drop .and roll down the incline (F to the delivery pan, designated by letter F. The hand lever E on being released drops by gravity to its normal position, at rest on the stop F2 and the coin upon being released from frietional engagement between the two Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by v arms E2 and D8 will fall by gravity to the receptacleD12 formed in the bottom of the casing D. Y

It will be seen that the discharging mechanism is duplicated for each compartment, and that a single shaft D operates the delivery of one or all compartments, thus providing' a device which is simple in construction, easy to operate, has no complicated parts to get out of order, and is cheap to manufacture.

l/Vhat I claim to be new is 1. In a coin-controlled vending machine, a plurality of verticalcompartments, a common outlet therefor, a shaft extending lengthwise of said compartments, a discharge lever for each compartment loosely mounted on said shaft, a separating arm for each compartment carried by said lever, a main operating shaft,^a sto-p arm on the discharge lever, yan arm on said main operating shaft for supporting the coin between itself and said stop arm and arranged in the path of said discharge lever, and article supporting fingers movable with said discharge lever and adapted to be withdrawn as a separating finger is thrust between two adjacent packages.

2. In a coin-controlled vending` machine, a plurality of vertical compartments, a common outlet therefor, a shaft extending lengthwise of said compartments, a discharge lever for each compartment loosely mounted on said shaft, a separating arm for eachl compartment `carried by said lever, a main operating shaft, a stop arm on the discharge lever, an arm on said main operating shaft for supporting the coin between itself and said stop arm and arranged in the path of said discharge lever, article supporting fingers movable with said discharge lever and adapted to be withdrawn as a separating finger is thrust between two adjacent packages, said supporting fingers having stop shoulders, .and springs act-ing on the separating fingers to hold them in their farthest outward position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afhx my signature in .presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN J. PIERRE. Vitnesses:

HEY. B. DALLEY, FRANKLIN' H. IrIoUGH.

addressing the"Cornmissioncr of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

